Peanut-roaster



S. C. PECKHAM.

PEANUT ROASTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL C. PECKH-AM,COF MEXIA, TEXAS.

'PEANUOT-ROASTER. r

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented May 4,1920.

Application filed June 20,1918. Serial No. 240,989.

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The object of the invention isto provide a rotatable drum designedto be-sup'p'orted over and rotated in the heat zone ofa roasting flame, whereby the peanuts carried in the drum may be thoroughly roasted. The drum is designed tohave rotating movement imparted to it mechanically and it is further designed to carry an alarm medium by means of which an alarm may be sounded after the drum has rotated a prescribed interval of time. Further, the drum is carried in a suitable supporting frame in turn supported in a durable bracket, the whole being capable of being shifted over on the frame as an axis, so that the drum may be supported over the flame, as aforesaid or shifted into a second position diametrically opposite to the first, so that the contents of the drum may be deposited in a suitable receptacle or show-case.

Other and further objects of the invention will be made apparent in the following description, wherein it is set forth in detail.

In the accompanying drawings 1 Figure 1 is a side elevational View of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of the roasting drum.

Essentially the invention consists of a frame 1 held on a suitable support 2, as shown. In practice this support will consist of a suitable table on one side of which there will stand show-case 4. On the other side of the support 2, there will be a third support 5 for a holding and heating element or medium 6, preferably a gas heating medium. The frame 1 is of the peculiar shape shown and is designed to support for rocking movement therein the shaft 7. The shaft 7 carries at either end an arm 8 which is fixedly secured to it and both arms 8 are formed with bearings near the ends remote from those attached to the shaft 7. This provides for rocking movement of the arms with respect to the frame 1. J ournaled in the bearin s in the arms 8 there is a shaft 9 and this s aft 9 supports the drum -10inthe ends or heads of which itis fixedly secured. for rotary movement may be shifted from a Thus the drum, while mounted position over the heating medium 6 to a position over the show-case 4, so that its contents may be deposited in the showcase. A-sliding door 11 provides means for filling and emptying the drum.

To provide means for rotatingthe drum when positioned over heating medium 6,the

shaft 9 carries a spur gear '12 with which there meshes a pmion 13,the latter belng mounted in common with the spur gear 14 on a shaft 15 to which 'rotary movement is imparted by a pinion 16 carried on the shaft of a driving motor 17.

The frame structure 1 is so designed as to form an adequate support for the driving motor 17 and also a support for suitable pillar blocks in whose bearings the shaft 15 is journaled. It will be observed that the gear 12 hasthe pinion 13 meshing with it below the plane of the shaft 9, so that when the drum is shifted from position over the heating means 6 to a position over the showcase 4, the gear 12 may be thrown out of mesh with the pinion 13.

The shaft 9 adjacent the gear 12 carries a pinion 18 which meshes with a spur gear 19 carried on a shaft 20, the latter also carrying a pinion 21. The shaft 20 is rotatably mounted in bearings carried by suitable pillar blocks forming part of the frame 1.

The pinion 21 meshes with and drives a spur gear 22 rotatably mounted on an appropriate support carried by the frame 1. The spur gear 22 carries on its side a clapper 23 which, when it reaches a certain position due to the movement of the gear 21, comes in contact with the gong or bell 24, also suitably held on a support 25 carried by the frame 1.

It will be observed that the several units comprising the gear train are so proportioned that the angular velocity of the drum 10 is considerably reduced below the angular velocity of the driving motor 17, and that the angular velocity of the gear 22 is considerably reduced below that of the drum 10. These gear ratios are such that the gear 22 makes but one revolution during the in terval of time necessary to thoroughly roast a quantity of peanuts carried in the drum 10.

In the operation of the device, the drum 10 is filled with the desired quantity of nuts to be roasted and the gear 22 is positioned so that its clapper is adjacent to but will move away from the bell when the device is started. This having been done and the heating means 6 started, the drum is ready to be put in motion which is done by starting the driving motor 17. After the elapse of the time necessary to complete the roasting of the nuts carried in the drum 10, the clapper 23 is brought into contact with the bell, thus indicating that the roasting operation has been completed. Thereupon the person using the device will be warned that the contents of the drum are done and that the drum is ready to be emptied. This emptying is accomplished simply by shifting the drum from its position over the heating means to a position over the show-case 4:, when the opening of the door 11 will permit the contents to be deposited in the showcase. This shifting of the drum of course results in the pinion 1S and gear 12 being thrown out of mesh with their attendant gear and pinion, but when the drum 10 is again returned to its position over the heating medium 6, the gears are again thrown in mesh and the device is ready to receive a second quantity of peanuts for roasting.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings it is believed that the construction, operation and advantages of the invention will be evident and further description is, therefore, omitted.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

In a peanut roaster, a frame, a rock shaft journaled in the frame and provided at either end with fixedly attached arms, a drum rotatably mounted between the arms, a driving medium carried on the frame and an alarm also carried on the frame, and a gear train connecting the driving medium with the drum and a second gear train connecting the drum with the alarm.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SAMUEL C. PEGKHAM. 

